Golf bag

ABSTRACT

A sender golf bag for storing golf clubs allowing the golf clubs to be held at specified positions, a specified one of these golf clubs to be removed at a glance, and the golf clubs to be stably held to prevent damage, comprising a body and a cover body. The body further comprises an opening part vertically formed from the generally upper to the generally lower end of the slender bag and having rigidity to retain its original shape, a golf club holding means holding and storing the golf clubs, and a connection means installed near the opening part to contribute to the easy attachment/detachment of a cover body. The cover body covering the body further comprises an opening part formed in a shape matching the opening part of the body and having rigidity to retain its original shape and a connection means matching the connection means of the body to contribute to the easy attachment/detachment thereof.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a golf bag (caddie bag in English) for housing a number of golf clubs conveniently.

BACKGROUND ART

A bag for housing a plurality of golf clubs together has been conventionally known.

Such caddie bags are disclosed, for example, in publication number of unexamined utility model application JP Sho 58-54864, publication number of unexamined utility model JP Hei 4-131263, publication number of unexamined utility model JP Hei 6-17762, publication number of unexamined utility model JP Hei 11-4923, patent application Nos. JP 2002-85609, JP 2002-177427 and JP 2002-248185.

Some of these publications disclose a bag having a large opening convenient for taking golf clubs in and out when they are used or a bag having a member for holding each club shaft separately and independently.

However, in these bags, an opening was limited to a small area at the top end of a vertically long bag, or an opening extended downward from the top end of a bag was unstable in shape due to use of zippers.

Further, a bag with a covering lid at an opening section, which was disconnected from the main body when used, had not been available.

Still further, even in a case when shafts were held separately and independently, since each shaft was not held firmly and sufficiently isolated in a conventional bag, there was a fear that each golf club housed in an aligned state in good order might be disordered or collide with each other at shaft parts or head parts thereof during transportation.

Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a caddie bag, with which any desired club can be easily picked up at a glance and golf clubs can be prevented from damaging owing to holding stably.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

To solve the above mentioned subjects, a caddie bag of the present invention has a construction described below.

Namely, the present invention provides a vertically long caddie bag for housing golf clubs including a main body provided with an opening section that maintains the shape thereof with rigidity and is vertically extended from the vicinity of top end to the vicinity of bottom end of the vertically long bag, a golf club holding means for holding and housing golf clubs and a connecting means provided near the opening section that serves to connect and disconnect a covering lid; and a covering lid for covering and closing the main body provided with an opening section having a shape corresponding to the shape of the opening section of the main body that maintains the shape thereof with rigidity and a connecting means that serves to connect and disconnect the covering lid corresponding to the connecting means of the main body.

In an aspect of the present invention, a plate-like member having notch sections for supporting heads of wood clubs, into which a shaft of each wood club near head is inserted, may be provided as a holding means for golf clubs at an upper part of the main body, to serve to hold the wood clubs stably.

In another aspect of the present invention, plate-like members each having a plurality of notch sections may be provided in a plurality of steps, to correspond to a plurality of wood clubs.

Further in another aspect of the present invention, tubular members may be provided, into which a shaft of each wood club is inserted to be held, to serve to hold and protect the wood clubs.

Further in another aspect of the present invention, a plate-like member having notch sections for supporting heads of iron clubs, into which a shaft of each iron club near head is inserted, may be provided as a holding means for golf clubs at a lower part of the plate-like member for wood clubs, to serve to hold the iron clubs stably.

Further in another aspect of the present invention, a plate-like member having notch sections for supporting iron clubs by interlock, into which a shaft of each iron club near grip is inserted, may be provided as a holding means for golf clubs at a lower part of the main body, to serve to hold and protect the iron clubs.

Further in another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of sets of projection and recession for holding a head of each iron club separately and independently may be provided as a holding means for golf clubs at the bottom part of the main body, to serve to hold and protect the iron clubs.

Still further in another aspect of the present invention, a plate-like member having through-holes for supporting wood clubs, into which a shaft of each wood club near head is inserted, and notch sections for supporting iron clubs, into which a shaft of each iron club near head is inserted, may be provided as a holding means for golf clubs in a tilted state along a shape of the covering lid at an upper part of the main body, to serve for collective management of a plurality of golf clubs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a form in use of caddie bag according to the first Example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view of a caddie bag according to the first Example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front cross-sectional view of a caddie bag according to the first Example of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan cross-sectional view of a caddie bag according to the first Example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view around the bottom of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a form in use of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view (A), a side elevation view (B), a rear elevation view (C), a plan view (D) and a bottom plan view (E) of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of a caddie bag with a covering lid opened according to the second Example of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a side elevation view of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on Figures.

The present invention can be applied generally to a vertically long caddie bag corresponding to long shapes of golf clubs of, not only a parallel-piped caddie bag having a rectangular cross section shown as an example in Figures, but also those having a polygonal cross section and a circular cross section.

In the present specification, a caddie bag is illustrated, in which all surfaces are made of a rigid material such as plastics and light metals, e.g. stainless steel, so that the bag can maintain the shape thereof, but all surfaces are not necessarily sufficiently rigid to maintain the shape thereof permanently.

For example, only a frame and an opening section are required to be made of a rigid material that enables to maintain the shape thereof, and other surface sections may be made of a cloth or the like.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a form in use of a caddie bag according to the first Example of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 are a side cross-sectional view, a front cross-sectional view and a plan cross-sectional view of the caddie bag, respectively.

A main body (10) has a nearly rectangular bottom face (11) and flanks (12), (13) and (14) extending upward from peripheries of the bottom face (11) and serving as strong outer wall surfaces.

On one flank (12), a handle (20) is mounted in such way that the handle (20) can be freely attached to or detached from supporting sections thereof (21) and (21) or easily housed. When golf clubs are used, the main body (10) is placed on a cart or the like to be transported with a covering lid (50) to be described later disconnected from the main body (10) and with the handle (20) detached from the supporting section thereof (21) or housed.

In the main body (10), a golf club holding means is provided to hold and house golf clubs.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bulging section (13 a) that is projecting outward is provided at the top end of a flank (13) for housing heads of wood clubs. In the vicinity of the bulging section (13 a), a plurality of plate-like members (30) and (30′) are provided stepwise for supporting the heads of wood clubs.

The plate-like member (30) is provided with a supporting plate (31), which is attached nearly perpendicularly to the flank (13) and used for placing heads of wood clubs, and notch sections (32), which are provided in the supporting plate (31) for supporting the heads of wood clubs with a shaft of each wood club near head inserted thereto.

Partition plates (33) are mounted in a raised state among a plurality of notch sections (32) for preventing heads of wood clubs from contacting with each other and serving to take the wood clubs in and out easily.

The plate-like member (30) is slightly tilted downward toward the direction apart from the flank (13) for easily housing golf clubs corresponding to a shape of each club.

Further, a similar plate-like member (30′) is also provided stepwise just below the plate-like member (30), which is not necessarily provided in a plurality of steps.

Further, in the vicinity of each notch section (32) in the plate-like members (30) and (30′), an identification mark for each wood club to be held may be indicated for easily picking up a desired wood club.

Under the plate-like members (30) and (30′), tubular members (34), which hold wood clubs with shafts thereof inserted thereto, are provided corresponding to a position of each notch section (32) to serve to hold and protect the wood clubs.

By holding stably each wood club one by one at a designated position in such way, it becomes possible to prevent wood clubs from damaging as well as easily pick up a desired club at a glance in playing golf.

Another plate-like member (40) for holding iron clubs, which are shorter than wood clubs, is similarly provided below the plate-like members (30) and (30′) for holding wood clubs.

The plate-like member (40) is mounted nearly perpendicularly to a flank (13) to serve to place a head of each iron club, where notch sections (41) are provided for supporting heads of the iron clubs, into which a shaft of each iron club near head is inserted.

A plate-like member (43) having notch sections (44), into which a shaft of each iron club near grip is inserted for supporting by interlock corresponding to a position of each notch section (41) in the plate-like member (40) for holding the iron clubs, is provided at a lower part of the main body (10), to serve to hold and protect the iron clubs.

Instead of such notch sections (44), an element similar to the tubular member (34) may be provided.

Moreover, a pocket (45) to hold a ball, a glove and the like is provided on the front side below the plate-like member (43).

The main body (10) provided with such golf clubs holding means has an opening section (10A) that can maintain the shape thereof with rigidity and is vertically extended from the vicinity of top end to the vicinity of the bottom end thereof. The opening section (10A) is large in size and located at the front side of almost all golf clubs housed.

A conventionally known connecting means (22) such as a projection and recession interlock element and a hooking member is optionally mounted near the opening section (10A) of a flank (12) and the like, to serve to connect and disconnect the covering lid (50).

The covering lid (50) serves to cover and close the main body (10), provided with an opening section (50A) that maintains the shape thereof with rigidity corresponding to the shape of the opening section (10A) of the main body (10), and a connecting means (51) that serves to connect and disconnect the covering lid (50) corresponding to the connecting means (22) of the main body (10). Structure of the covering lid (50) corresponds to that of the main body (10) so as to serve to cover and close the main body (10).

In more detail, in the present example, the covering lid has two side faces (52) having a shape continuous to each flank (12) and (14), a top face (53) having a shape continuous to a flank (13) and a side face (54) connected to side faces (52), (52) and (53) and opposing to the flank (13). A bottom cover having a shape continuous to a bottom face (11) may be provided.

A bulging section (53 a) to cover above heads of wood clubs is provided to the top face (53), corresponding to a bulging section (13) of the main body (10).

Thus, since a caddie bag of the present invention can be widely opened by disconnecting the covering lid (50) from the main body (10), it is possible to place the main body (10) alone on a cart or the like to transport, and take each golf club in and out easily and smoothly in playing golf.

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a peripheral part of the bottom thereof.

In the present Example, iron clubs are housed with their heads directed downward.

A plurality of sets of projection and recession are provided at the bottom of the main body (10) to hold a head of each iron club separately and independently.

Each set of projection and recession is composed of a tilted plate (11 a) on which an iron head is placed and a partition plate (11 b) to connect adjacent tilted plates (11 a) and (11 a) together to form a step. Each iron club can be supported separately and independently only with such a simple tilted structure.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a form in use of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention.

In the present Example, a plurality of sets of projection and recession to hold a head or a grip of each iron club separately and independently are provided at the bottom of the main body (10). Each set of projection and recession is composed of a vertical plate (11 c) and partition plates (11 d) branched from the vertical plate (11 c).

In the plate-like member (30) used for placing heads of wood clubs, through-holes (35) instead of the notch sections (32) may be provided as shown in the figure.

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view (A), a side elevation view (B), a rear elevation view (C), a plan view (D) and a bottom plan view (E) of a caddie bag according to the second Example of the present invention, and FIGS. 9 to 11 are a front elevation view, a side elevation view and a perspective view, respectively, showing housed golf clubs with the covering lid disconnected.

In the present Example, both of the through-holes (35) for supporting heads of wood clubs, into which a shaft of each wood club near head is inserted, and the notch sections (32) for supporting heads of iron clubs, into which a shaft of each iron club near head is inserted, are provided together in one plate-like member (30″).

The plate-like member (30″)provided in an upper part of the main body (10) is tilted downward, seen from the front side with a covering lid disconnected. Therefore, management of taking each golf club in and out is convenient, because all golf clubs can be seen at a glance.

Each shape of many through-holes (35) provided in the plate-like member (33″)may be optionally selected from various shapes such as circular, ellipsoidal, semicircular and polygonal shapes corresponding to each golf club to make club handling easier.

A plate-like member (40′)having through-holes (46), into which a shaft of each golf club is inserted, may be provided below the plate-like member (30″)to serve to hold golf clubs stably.

The top face (53) of the covering lid (50) is made in a shape corresponding to the tilted form of the plate-like member (30″).

Since a caddie bag of the present invention has a large-sized opening section that maintains the shape thereof with rigidity and is vertically extended from the vicinity of the top end to the vicinity of the bottom end of the vertically long bag, the covering lid is disconnected from the main body, and each golf club is held independently and orderly, it is possible to place the main body alone on a cart or the like to transport and take a desired golf club in and out easily and smoothly, in playing golf.

Further, the large-sized opening section contributes to good ventilation for dryness, and also prevention of golf clubs from damaging in transportation.

INDUSTIRAL APPLICATION

A caddie bag of the present invention enables to transport a main body of the bag alone on a cart or the like and take a desired golf club in and out easily and smoothly in playing golf, and conventional facilities can be used as they are. Thus, the caddie bag is industrially useful.

Further, the caddie bag has also an advantage that the large-sized opening section contributes to good ventilation for dryness and also prevention of golf clubs from damaging in transportation. 

1. A vertically long caddie bag for housing golf clubs comprising: a main body provided with an opening section that maintains the shape thereof with rigidity and is vertically extended from the vicinity of top end to the vicinity of bottom end of the vertically long bag, a golf club holding means for holding and housing golf clubs and a connecting means provided near the opening section that serves to connect and disconnect a covering lid; and a covering lid for covering and closing the main body provided with an opening section having a shape corresponding to the shape of the opening section of the main body that maintains the shape thereof with rigidity and a connecting means that serves to connect and disconnect the covering lid corresponding to the connecting means of the main body.
 2. The caddie bag according to claim 1, wherein a plate-like member having notch sections for supporting heads of wood clubs, into which a shaft of each wood club near head is inserted, is provided as a holding means for golf clubs at an upper part of the main body.
 3. The caddie bag according to claim 2, wherein plate-like members each having a plurality of notch sections are provided in a plurality of steps.
 4. The caddie bag according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein tubular members are provided, into which a shaft of each wood club is inserted.
 5. The caddie bag according to claim 2, wherein a plate-like member having notch sections for supporting heads of iron clubs, into which a shaft of each iron club near head is inserted, is provided as a holding means for golf clubs at a lower part of the plate-like member for wood clubs.
 6. The caddie bag according to claim 1, wherein a plate-like member having notch sections for supporting iron clubs by interlock, into which a shaft of each iron club near grip is inserted, is provided as a holding means for golf clubs at a lower part of the main body.
 7. The caddie bag according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of sets of projection and recession for holding each head of iron clubs separately and independently is provided as a holding means for golf clubs at the bottom part of the main body.
 8. The caddie bag according to claim 1, wherein a plate-like member having through-holes for supporting wood clubs, into which a shaft of each wood club near head is inserted, and notch sections for supporting iron clubs, into which a shaft of each iron club near head is inserted, is provided as a holding means for golf clubs in a tilted state along a shape of a covering lid at an upper part of the main body. 